Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres was an event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[1] Fifty athletes from 20 nations competed.[2] NOCs were limited to 4 competitors each.[3] The event was won by Ray Barbuti of the United States, the first title for the Americans in the event since 1912 and the fifth overall. Jimmy Ball won Canada's first medal in the event, a silver.

Men's 400 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesAugust 2 (heats, quarter-finals)
August 3 (semi-finals, final)
Competitors50 from 20 nations
Winning time47.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ray Barbuti  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jimmy Ball  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joachim Büchner  Germany
← 1924
1932 →

Background

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This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

None of the finalists from 1924 returned. The world record holder, Emerson Spencer, came in fifth at the U.S. Olympic trials and missed the team. Ray Barbuti won the U.S. trials.[2]

Chile and Greece appeared in the event for the first time. The United States made its eighth appearance in the event, the only nation to compete in it at every Olympic Games to that point.

Competition format

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The competition retained the basic four-round format from 1920. The first round had 15 heats, ranging from 2 to 5 athletes. The top two runners in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals. There were 6 quarterfinals of 5 runners each; the top two athletes in each quarterfinal heat advanced to the semifinals. The semifinals featured 2 heats of 6 runners each. The top two runners in each semifinal heat advanced, making a six-man final.[2][4]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World record   Emerson Spencer (USA) 47.0 Palo Alto, United States 12 May 1928
Olympic record   Eric Liddell (GBR) 47.6 Paris, France 11 July 1924

No records were set during this event.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Thursday, 2 August 1928 14:00
16:00
Heats
Quarterfinals
Friday, 3 August 1928 14:00
16:00
Semifinals
Final

Results

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Round 1

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The top two finishers in each of the 15 heats advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Hermon Phillips   United States 49.4 Q
2 Georges Dupont   France Unknown Q
3 Zygmunt Weiss   Poland 50.8
4 Rinus van den Berge   Netherlands Unknown
5 Víctor Villaseñor   Mexico Unknown

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Emil Snider   United States 50.4 Q
2 François Prinsen   Belgium Unknown Q

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Phil Edwards   Canada 49.8 Q
2 Georges Krotoff   France 50.5 Q
3 Jaroslav Vykoupil   Czechoslovakia Unknown
4 Stefan Kostrzewski   Poland 52.2

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Rinkel   Great Britain 50.2 Q
2 Johann Bartl   Czechoslovakia Unknown Q
3 Émile Langenraedt   Belgium Unknown
4 Feliks Żuber   Poland 52.6

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jochen Büchner   Germany 50.2 Q
2 Andries Hoogerwerf   Netherlands Unknown Q

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ray Barbuti   United States 49.8 Q
2 Sean Lavan   Ireland Unknown Q
3 Louis Lundgren   Denmark Unknown
4 Jenő Szalay   Hungary Unknown
5 Rudolfo Hannig   Chile Unknown

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Harry Storz   Germany 50.6 Q
2 Harry Broos   Netherlands Unknown Q
3 Joaquín Miquel   Spain Unknown

Heat 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jimmy Ball   Canada 55.8 Q
2 Roger Leigh-Wood   Great Britain Unknown Q

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jesús Moraila   Mexico 1:00.0 Q
2 James Hall   India Unknown Q

Heat 10

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 László Barsi   Hungary 55.6 Q
2 José Lucílo Iturbe   Mexico Unknown Q

Heat 11

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Joe Tierney   United States 49.8 Q
2 Alex Wilson   Canada 49.9 Q
3 Klemens Biniakowski   Poland 50.8

Heat 12

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 René Féger   France 51.4 Q
2 Billy Green   Great Britain Unknown Q
3 José Vicente Salinas   Chile Unknown

Heat 13

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Hermann Geißler   Austria 50.2 Q
2 Adje Paulen   Netherlands Unknown Q
3 László Magdics   Hungary Unknown
4 Vasilios Stavrinos   Greece Unknown
5 Fritz Eyschen   Luxembourg Unknown

Heat 14

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Otto Neumann   Germany 50.6 Q
2 Fred Macbeth   Canada Unknown Q
3 Charles Stuart   Australia Unknown
4 Mór Gerő   Hungary Unknown

Heat 15

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Reinhold Schmidt   Germany 50.0 Q
2 Joseph Jackson   France 50.6 Q
3 John Hanlon   Great Britain Unknown
4 Alfonso García   Mexico Unknown

Quarterfinals

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The first two finishers in each of the six heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Hermon Phillips   United States 49.6 Q
2 Georges Krotoff   France Unknown Q
3 Billy Green   Great Britain Unknown
4 Reinhold Schmidt   Germany Unknown
5 James Hall   India Unknown

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ray Barbuti   United States 48.8 Q
2 Alex Wilson   Canada Unknown Q
3 Otto Neumann   Germany Unknown
4 Georges Dupont   France Unknown
5 Jesús Moraila   Mexico Unknown

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jimmy Ball   Canada 49.2 Q
2 René Féger   France Unknown Q
3 Euil Snider   United States Unknown
4 Andries Hoogerwerf   Netherlands Unknown
5 Hermann Geißler   Austria Unknown

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Harry Storz   Germany 49.4 Q
2 John Rinkel   Great Britain Unknown Q
3 Joseph Jackson   France Unknown
4 François Prinsen   Belgium Unknown
5 José Lucílo Iturbe   Mexico Unknown

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Phil Edwards   Canada 49.2 Q
2 Harry Broos   Netherlands Unknown Q
3 Johann Bartl   Czechoslovakia Unknown
4 Joe Tierney   United States Unknown
5 Sean Lavan   Ireland Unknown

Quarterfinal 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Joachim Büchner   Germany 48.6 Q
2 László Barsi   Hungary Unknown Q
3 Roger Leigh-Wood   Great Britain Unknown
4 Adje Paulen   Netherlands Unknown
5 Fred Macbeth   Canada Unknown

Semifinals

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The first three finishers in each of the two heats advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jimmy Ball   Canada 48.6 Q
2 Ray Barbuti   United States 48.8 Q
3 Harry Werner Storz   Germany 49.0 Q
4 László Barsi   Hungary 49.2
5 Harry Broos   Netherlands 49.9
6 Georges Krotoff   France Unknown

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Joachim Büchner   Germany 48.6 Q
2 Hermon Phillips   United States 49.1 Q
3 John Rinkel   Great Britain 49.1 Q
4 Alex Wilson   Canada 49.2
5 René Féger   France 49.6
6 Phil Edwards   Canada 50.2

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time
  Ray Barbuti   United States 47.8
  Jimmy Ball   Canada 48.0
  Joachim Buchner   Germany 48.2
4 John Rinkel   Great Britain 48.4
5 Harry Werner Storz   Germany 48.8
6 Hermon Phillips   United States 49.0

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "400 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 374.
  4. ^ Official Report, pp. 408–12.
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